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1 result for IMPERATIVE from Variety puzzles:

Date	Type	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sep 7, 2025	Acrostic	T	Sentence type exemplified by "Come here, boy!"	David Balton & Jane Stewart	Shortz

7 results for IMPERATIVE from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Thu Mar 10, 1988	32D	Essential	Walter Covell	Maleska
Sat May 17, 1986	10D	Kant's categorical ___	Jesse Roarke	Maleska
Sun Jul 30, 1978	13D	One of the moods	Jordan S. Lasher	Maleska
Thu Sep 17, 1964	11D	Necessary.	Unknown	Farrar
Mon Jun 17, 1963	28D	Urgent.	Unknown	Farrar
Thu Dec 20, 1962	56A	Urgent.	Thomas Meekin	Farrar
Mon Apr 7, 1958	53A	Absolutely necessary.	Unknown	Farrar

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